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Wyoming weekly industrial notes spark regional growth
Reports from Lander, Riverton, Casper and surrounding towns describe new oil tests, irrigation projects, and industrial expansions. Investments by Stoddard interests, uranium surveys near Silver City, a large grain elevator in Riverton, and Casper chrome deposits are highlighted alongside hospital openings, fence hall plans, and university infrastructure. Caspar shipping lines and labor tensions frame the period, with optimism for Wyoming fields and a push to curb radical legislation.
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Pilot Butte
Wind River Company
Riverton
Sant
Lovell
Sugar Company
Powell
Line University
Congress
Nero ‘Holding
Tt Shawnee
Wheatland
Douglas—La Prele
Lusk
Tharmopolis
Lowell Gas and Electric Gambaby
Crowley
Omaha
Nebraska
Ohio Company
P. Chester Thompson
Salt Lake City
Globe
Wyoming
Wyoming Oil World
Casper
Thompson
Russia
Tasmania
Balkans
Columbia
Ecuador
China
Upton-Thornton
Casper Press
Wm. Jardine
W. W. Slack
Riverton Valley
Hmit
Wilson
Bridgeport